Honest Gamers writes:
"Players new and old can take up the charge to reclaim a cursed sword rumoured to be at the heart of a curious village co-inhabited by both vampires and werewolves, eventually finding themselves in a possessed in the macabre dilapidated fort, Befallen where history's tragedies are replayed in front of the eyes of a new crown of demonic villains that call the crumbling castle home. Brave through the artic winds of Everfrost and meet its unique inhabitants, or even put them to the sword. Or axe. Or gushing stream of mana-filled magma. At least they'd be warm for a change.
EverQuest II has fought hard to redeem itself from the hollow shell it once was, and it's made this possible by dumping uncountable options right into the lap of the player. Returning players will find an extension of worth and new players have found a great tie to jump in. "
The massive content update called Halas Reborn is now live on Everquest 2 servers. This update adds the New Halas city for new players, two new raids, a Storyteller system, and a number of fixes and changes.
IncGamers's Bill Vaughan takes a look at the last week of MMO gaming, and sums up the biggest events which this time involve Age of Conan, World of Warcraft, Battle of the Immortals, TERA, Mytheon, Fallen Earth, Runes of Magic, EverQuest II and Guild Wars.
That Passport system for EverQuest II is utter, utter tosh. Seriously. $5 for three consecutive days, and you can't do it more than once a month? That's *ridiculous*. If I actually see anyone using that I will HIT them.
Sony Online Entertainment has introduced a new type of subscription for its MMORPG EverQuest II.
The new subscription type, called "Passport," costs $5.00. It grants players any 3 consecutive days during a 30-day month to play EQII with full-access. Playing beyond those three days requires a full monthly subscription.
Sounds like a ripoff to me pay 1/3 of the sub and only get 1/10 of the full sub time.
First let me say that EQ2 is a very good game, just because it doesn’t have 50 million people playing it, doesn’t make it bad. I prefer Lord of the Rings, but I am subbed to both games currently.
The $5.00 for 3 days is awesome, especially for my nephew who is in college and only gets to play one weekend a month. I think SOE is thinking outside the box on this topic. I hope to see other companies do different things for people with less time on their hands.